<p>My interview was actually kinda fun. And…idk…I think we talked too much to actually consider other choices? Although I did talk about why I chose JHU over Columbia/NYU/Penn (um, I hope she bought it. I think for Penn my reason was “something just wasn’t right” and for JHU it was…idk…my eyes lit up and everything was fairy-tale-like). </p>
<p>I haven’t even started my regular decision apps. I don’t want to actually. Gah. December is a necessary evil for me. I want it to come so badly, but I’m kinda nervous at the same time…</p>
<p>My interview was fun, he told me stories about his days at JHU. I felt pretty bad because I feel like I unintentionally said some things that made us “just not click.” For example I told him about how I became interested in french, and I said “In middle school, I tried to sign up for french because I thought it was such a beautiful language, but they didn’t offer french so I ended up taking spanish and it was awful. I just couldn’t speak the language and it was probably the lowest grade I received in Middle School. I thought all languages were going to be like that, but when I did get around to taking french I found that I was a natural.”
“…yes, I’m from El Salvador.”</p>
<p>I really don’t want to think about putting in my other applications. My mom wants me to apply to 8-10 other schools so I have options, but I already know I want to go to either Johns Hopkins or Loyola. I’m fairly positive I can get into Loyola since my SAT scores are a lot higher than their middle 50% and my GPA is 0.3 points higher than their average. December 14th is going to be the WORST DAY ever, but my Alumni said that when his son applied to JHU, they staggered their early decision letters and sent some by email before and after Dec. 15. In his sons case, he received an email on Christmas Eve and thought it was a prank.</p>
<p>My interview was quite engaging, but I had mine on campus with a current senior which probably made it so. Luckily for me, him and I both play soccer and have similar interests in regards to studies so that made for an interesting conversation. </p>
<p>This month seems to be going by so slow…October just flew by it seemed and right after I submitted my application, bam, it slowed down. Maybe I should start working on other applications for back-up colleges just to speed the days up a bit.</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel…these boards can’t affect admissions right? I know I’m paranoid, I just really regret saying that. I want more than anything to get into Hopkins, and I put hours and hours into my application.</p>
<p>It’s okay, we all want Hopkins more than anything. JHU is not going to go online and somehow track you down and see, “Oh, he had a few doubts for a fleeting moment. REJECT!!!”</p>
<p>There’s no way this can affect admission at all.</p>
<p>I am the only member of the Hopkins Admissions Committee who ever reads messages on College Confidential. I have no time, nor interest, in matching a student’s screenname to their application. What you write here plays absolutely no role in admissions.</p>
<p>Hey! I applied ED too, this wait is ridiculousssss.
Did anyone fall in love with JHU after intensely reading through JHU Interactive? I was so-so about Hopkins in the beginning, and then I randomly stumbled onto that site and it changed my view completely. They should advertise it more, it would definitely help give JHU a more positive image.</p>
<p>JHU interactive is awesome. I can’t remember when I fell in love with JHU, it was probably a mix of reading about the school, talking to my friend (he plays on JHU’s lacrosse team), JHU Interactive, and my loooove of baltimore.</p>
<p>I was reading the new Academics Blog, the blog about the economics major sent shivers down my spine. The program sounds so amazing!!! He completely summed up my passion for the dismal science. :)</p>
<p>The blog about Applied Math and Stats basically summed up everything that I want in my major. Hopefully I expressed that well in my JHU Supplement essay that it seems like I wrote years ago.</p>